Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Kentucky
Ray Davis
RB • 5'10" • 216 lbs • San Francisco, CA, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Ray Davis leans workhorse runner traits and 57.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Temple • Vanderbilt • Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida
Player Story
Ray Davis built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from San Francisco, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with Kentucky, Temple, and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Ray Davis' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Temple
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 28
- Overall
- No. 128
- NFL Team
- Buffalo Bills
Ray Davis, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Kentucky. Ray Davis leans workhorse runner traits and 57.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 4,234
- Rushing yards
- 3,510
- Receiving yards
- 724
- Touchdowns
- 39
Quick Answers
Ray Davis quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 4,234
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Kentucky
- Top game
- Florida
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Blair Academy · Temple
- High school pipeline
- Blair Academy · 13 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 4 · Pick 28 · Buffalo Bills
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2023 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,452 scrimmage yards · RB 17th (top 3%) · SEC 3rd (top 2%) · National 20th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Temple | 12 | 80 | 36 | 44 | 2 | 72 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Temple | 12 | 1,037 | 900 | 137 | 8 | 72 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Temple | 4 | 370 | 308 | 62 | 1 | 59.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 3 | 238 | 211 | 27 | 1 | 60 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 11 | 1,057 | 926 | 131 | 6 | 73.6 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 13 | 69 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 78.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 13 | 1,383 | 1,066 | 317 | 20 | 78.7 |
Related Context
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Ray Davis played RB for Temple, Vanderbilt, and Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ray Davis recorded 3,510 rushing yards, 724 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Kentucky paired 1,452 primary output with 57.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 55.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Temple, Vanderbilt, Kentucky.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Postseason · Temple
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
93.1
Efficiency
55.1
Usage
30
Consistency
70.2
Best Game by takeover score
East Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 80. Bucknell: 138. Maryland: 92. Buffalo: 59. Georgia Tech: 147. East Carolina: 157. Memphis: 72. SMU: 67. UCF: 27. Tulane: 69. Cincinnati: 98. UConn: 111
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 17 by 34.6. Bucknell: 11 by 91.7. Maryland: 15 by 63.9. Buffalo: 7 by 85.1. Georgia Tech: 30 by 49.5. East Carolina: 24 by 68.1. Memphis: 23 by 32.6. SMU: 20 by 35.1. UCF: 13 by 22.2. Tulane: 13 by 55.3. Cincinnati: 16 by 59.7. UConn: 19 by 62.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins112.3 · Games = 7 · +46.1 vs Losses
Losses66.2 · Games = 5 · -46.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
East Carolina
Best efficiency game
91.7 vs Bucknell
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/27 | vs North Carolina2+ TD | L 13-55 | 15 | 36 | 2.40 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 4.7 |
| Sat 11/30 | vs UConn100 rush yards | W 49-17 | 17 | 105 | 6.20 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5.8 |
| Sun 11/24 | @ Cincinnati | L 13-15 | 13 | 71 | 5.50 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 6.1 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Tulane | W 29-21 | 13 | 69 | 5.30 | 0 | — | — | 5.3 |
| Sat 10/26 | vs UCF | L 21-63 | 12 | 26 | 2.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.1 |
| Sat 10/19 | @ SMU | L 21-45 | 16 | 54 | 3.40 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 3.4 |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Memphis | W 30-28 | 23 | 72 | 3.10 | 0 | — | — | 3.1 |
| Fri 10/4 | @ East Carolina100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 27-17 | 24 | 157 | 6.50 | 1 | — | — | 6.5 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Georgia Tech100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 24-2 | 29 | 135 | 4.70 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4.9 |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Buffalo | L 22-38 | 7 | 59 | 8.40 | 0 | — | — | 8.4 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Maryland | W 20-17 | 15 | 92 | 6.10 | 0 | — | — | 6.1 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Bucknell2+ TD | W 56-12 | 9 | 60 | 6.70 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 12.5 |
Player Story
Ray Davis story
Ray Davis built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from San Francisco, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with Kentucky, Temple, and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Ray Davis' career was his backfield work: 3,510 rushing yards, 723 carries, 28 rushing touchdowns, and 724 receiving yards across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Kentucky. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 724 receiving yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kentucky, Temple, and Vanderbilt.
The arc is straightforward: Ray Davis moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Temple
2019-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Vanderbilt
2021-2022
Peak year stop
- 3
Kentucky
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2019201920202021202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Temple | 1,117 | 55.1 | 30 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Temple | 1,117 | 55.1 | 30 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Temple | 370 | 38.6 | 35.2 | -747 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 238 | 51.6 | 27.1 | -132 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 1,057 | 46 | 39.8 | 819 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 1,452 | 57.6 | 42.4 | 395 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 1,452 | 57.6 | 42.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida
Week 5 · W 33-14 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
289
Scrimmage Yards
98.2 takeover
289 scrimmage yards and 60 usage.
#2
vs South Carolina
Week 10 · L 27-38 · Conference game
172
Scrimmage Yards
94.7 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
172 scrimmage yards and 35.6 usage.
#3
@ East Carolina
Week 6 · W 27-17 · Conference game
157
Scrimmage Yards
85.7 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
157 scrimmage yards and 31.2 usage.
#4
@ Memphis
Week 8 · L 29-41 · Conference game
145
Scrimmage Yards
85.4 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
145 scrimmage yards and 33.8 usage.
#5
vs Georgia Tech
Week 5 · W 24-2
147
Scrimmage Yards
81 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
147 scrimmage yards and 51.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Kentucky
1,452 primary output · 57.6 efficiency · 42.4 usage
78.7
#2
2023 Regular Season · Kentucky
78.7
1,452 primary · 57.6 efficiency · 42.4 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
73.6
1,057 primary · 46 efficiency · 39.8 usage
Milestones
11
100+ rush yards
4
150+ scrimmage yards
9
2+ TD games
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